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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 7:14 AM CST for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2015, 7:14 AM CST (13:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 6:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
854
WFUS54 KMOB 281314
TORMOB
ALC003-053-099-281400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.151228T1314Z-151228T1400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
714 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 800 AM CST
* AT 712 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER I65 AND CR 47...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
I65 AND CR 1...POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...I65 AND AL 287...
MCCULLOUGH...I65 AND CR 47 AND URIAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3095 8780 3127 8780 3128 8778 3130 8779
3130 8776 3131 8779 3136 8777 3137 8776
3134 8775 3133 8775 3141 8768 3135 8735
3132 8736 3128 8742 3126 8743 3126 8739
3100 8758 3100 8760 3092 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 195DEG 39KT 3100 8769
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
298
WWUS54 KMOB 281331
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
731 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
ALC003-053-099-281400-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
BALDWIN AL-MONROE AL-ESCAMBIA AL-
731 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BALDWIN...SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA
COUNTIES...
AT 730 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BOONEVILLE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATMORE...
MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
I65 AND CR 1...POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...BOONEVILLE AND URIAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3112 8780 3127 8780 3128 8778 3130 8779
3130 8776 3131 8779 3136 8777 3137 8776
3134 8775 3133 8775 3141 8768 3135 8735
3132 8736 3128 8742 3126 8743 3126 8739
3105 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 195DEG 39KT 3119 8763
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 9 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:16 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 15 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Dec 28, 6:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 6:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 63 min |
| Dec 28, 6:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 57 min |
| Dec 28, 7:10 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Dec 28, 7:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Dec 28, 7:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 42 min |
| Dec 28, 7:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 47 min |
| Dec 28, 7:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 42 min |
| Dec 28, 8:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Monroe | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 8:06 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Dec 28, 8:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 8:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 8:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 62 min |
| Dec 28, 8:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 2 min |
| Dec 28, 8:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 41 min |
| Dec 28, 8:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 8:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 9:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Dec 28, 9:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 9:27 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Dec 28, 9:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 13 min |
| Dec 28, 9:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 53 min |
| Dec 28, 10:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 44 min |
| Dec 28, 10:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 57 min |
| Dec 28, 11:16 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Dec 28, 11:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 26 min |
| Dec 28, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 12 min |
| Dec 28, 12:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 96 min |
| Dec 28, 12:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Dec 28, 12:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 1:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 48 min |
| Dec 28, 1:52 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| Dec 28, 1:59 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.